Comments for LinkedStrategies.com http://www.LinkedStrategies.com/blog Generate Traffic, Leads, and Money from Linkedin! Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:30:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on LinkedIn Members #1 Most Frequently Asked Question by nate http://www.LinkedStrategies.com/blog/linkedin-members-1-most-frequently-asked-question.htm/comment-page-1#comment-939 nate Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:30:42 +0000 http://www.LinkedStrategies.com/blog/?p=520#comment-939 Shari, The link was broken with https://, where it should have only been http://. Try again, it's all fixed now. - Nate Shari,

The link was broken with https://, where it should have only been http://. Try again, it’s all fixed now.

- Nate

]]> Comment on LinkedIn™ Snipers: Beware! 5 ways to lose your account by nate http://www.LinkedStrategies.com/blog/linkedin-snipers.htm/comment-page-1#comment-938 nate Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:14:43 +0000 http://www.LinkedIntoMarketing.com/blog/?p=313#comment-938 @Alex thanks for this comment, I will check out the publications as well. Very insightful! @Alex thanks for this comment, I will check out the publications as well. Very insightful!

]]> Comment on LinkedIn Members #1 Most Frequently Asked Question by nate http://www.LinkedStrategies.com/blog/linkedin-members-1-most-frequently-asked-question.htm/comment-page-1#comment-937 nate Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:12:32 +0000 http://www.LinkedStrategies.com/blog/?p=520#comment-937 Geoff, I love your thought process. I agree 100%! Geoff, I love your thought process. I agree 100%!

]]> Comment on LinkedIn: Do you know who is Viewing Your Profile? by Alex Fogel http://www.LinkedStrategies.com/blog/linkedin-do-you-know-who-is-viewing-your-profile.htm/comment-page-1#comment-936 Alex Fogel Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:06:22 +0000 http://www.linkedsecrets.com/blog/?p=131#comment-936 Nate, I too have a paid account and it has never allowed me to over-ride the privacy settings of another member. Why would it? If they choose to remain anonymous, I shouldn't be able to buy an exception to their desires. Where the "Who's Viewed My Profile" section is concerned, a paid account just provides you with a greater number of anonymous viewers than the free account does. In my opinion, the greater benefit to this section is the statistic that informs you of how often your profile has come up in search results. This is a measurement that matters, because it allows you to monitor the effectiveness of not only your profile content (summary keywords, etc.), but also how your participation in groups and other activities on LinkedIn can impact your relevance to those who you want to be able to find you. Nate,

I too have a paid account and it has never allowed me to over-ride the privacy settings of another member. Why would it? If they choose to remain anonymous, I shouldn’t be able to buy an exception to their desires.

Where the “Who’s Viewed My Profile” section is concerned, a paid account just provides you with a greater number of anonymous viewers than the free account does.

In my opinion, the greater benefit to this section is the statistic that informs you of how often your profile has come up in search results. This is a measurement that matters, because it allows you to monitor the effectiveness of not only your profile content (summary keywords, etc.), but also how your participation in groups and other activities on LinkedIn can impact your relevance to those who you want to be able to find you.

]]> Comment on LinkedIn™ Snipers: Beware! 5 ways to lose your account by Alex Fogel http://www.LinkedStrategies.com/blog/linkedin-snipers.htm/comment-page-1#comment-935 Alex Fogel Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:33:17 +0000 http://www.LinkedIntoMarketing.com/blog/?p=313#comment-935 Nate, Good information. As an FYI, a review of the published report "Modeling Relationship Strength in Online Social Networks" (http://snap.stanford.edu/nipsgraphs2009/papers/xiang-paper.pdf ) might be an eye opener for you. This, and several other thesis or scholastic publications have contributions from LinkedIn programmers and strategists which explain the "model" utilized by LinkedIn as compared to other social networks such as Facebook. One key component that most people don't realize is that LinkedIn's model is relationship-based versus friend-based. This means the strength of the relationships between members has a greater weight than the number of friends they are connected to, and might help explain why certain policies (invite limits, IDK's, etc.) employed by LinkedIn seem counter to what many feel is the purpose of networking. How many people want to learn that building a large network of connections could actually be detrimental to their on-line social networking strategy? LinkedIn programmers have noted that as the number of links increases, the auto-correlation based upon relationship strength between them decreases. This indicates a trade-off between link density (number of connections) and auto-correlation (search relevance). If they restrict the number of relationships it is likely that similarity among users will increase. Nate,

Good information.

As an FYI, a review of the published report “Modeling Relationship Strength in Online Social Networks” (http://snap.stanford.edu/nipsgraphs2009/papers/xiang-paper.pdf ) might be an eye opener for you. This, and several other thesis or scholastic publications have contributions from LinkedIn programmers and strategists which explain the “model” utilized by LinkedIn as compared to other social networks such as Facebook. One key component that most people don’t realize is that LinkedIn’s model is relationship-based versus friend-based. This means the strength of the relationships between members has a greater weight than the number of friends they are connected to, and might help explain why certain policies (invite limits, IDK’s, etc.) employed by LinkedIn seem counter to what many feel is the purpose of networking.

How many people want to learn that building a large network of connections could actually be detrimental to their on-line social networking strategy? LinkedIn programmers have noted that as the number of links increases, the auto-correlation based upon relationship strength between them decreases. This indicates a trade-off between link density (number of connections) and auto-correlation (search relevance). If they restrict the number of relationships it is likely that similarity among users will increase.

]]> Comment on LinkedIn Members #1 Most Frequently Asked Question by Geoff Kirkwood http://www.LinkedStrategies.com/blog/linkedin-members-1-most-frequently-asked-question.htm/comment-page-1#comment-934 Geoff Kirkwood Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:07:58 +0000 http://www.LinkedStrategies.com/blog/?p=520#comment-934 One of the most important aspects of building and developing a network is to recognise that your list is a list of people - real live human beings, all of whom have similar successes and challenges as you. Thus they need to be treated as such. Do the things you would do if face to face in a networking situation. 1. Establish trust 2. Build credibility 3. Acknowledge 4. Ask how you can be of service 5. Keep in contact regularly Do all these and your network will reward you many times over. One of the most important aspects of building and developing a network is to recognise that your list is a list of people – real live human beings, all of whom have similar successes and challenges as you. Thus they need to be treated as such. Do the things you would do if face to face in a networking situation.

1. Establish trust
2. Build credibility
3. Acknowledge
4. Ask how you can be of service
5. Keep in contact regularly

Do all these and your network will reward you many times over.

]]> Comment on My son kissed my feet… by nate http://www.LinkedStrategies.com/blog/my-son-kissed-my-feet.htm/comment-page-1#comment-933 nate Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:35:25 +0000 http://www.linkedintrafficsecrets.com/blog/?p=22#comment-933 @Colm thanks for the thoughtful support, and yes, I would love for the people mentioned to read this and comment! :) @Colm thanks for the thoughtful support, and yes, I would love for the people mentioned to read this and comment! :)

]]> Comment on How to Create a Video within Your LinkedIn Profile by nate http://www.LinkedStrategies.com/blog/how-to-create-a-video-within-your-linkedin-profile.htm/comment-page-1#comment-932 nate Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:34:45 +0000 http://www.linkedsecrets.com/blog/?p=183#comment-932 @Jim - Not that can be used on LinkedIn's Profile page. You could break it up into 3 videos and post it into the slideshare application using 3 thumbnails that can be click in order. Only work around I can see. @Jim – Not that can be used on LinkedIn’s Profile page. You could break it up into 3 videos and post it into the slideshare application using 3 thumbnails that can be click in order. Only work around I can see.

]]> Comment on How to Create a Video within Your LinkedIn Profile by nate http://www.LinkedStrategies.com/blog/how-to-create-a-video-within-your-linkedin-profile.htm/comment-page-1#comment-931 nate Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:32:27 +0000 http://www.linkedsecrets.com/blog/?p=183#comment-931 Not that I am aware of. Check your Youtube settings to see if you can turn it off there. Not that I am aware of. Check your Youtube settings to see if you can turn it off there.

]]> Comment on How to Create a Video within Your LinkedIn Profile by nate http://www.LinkedStrategies.com/blog/how-to-create-a-video-within-your-linkedin-profile.htm/comment-page-1#comment-930 nate Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:31:35 +0000 http://www.linkedsecrets.com/blog/?p=183#comment-930 You can have one full screen show up on your profile or up to 3 thumbnails. Thanks Iyabo. You can have one full screen show up on your profile or up to 3 thumbnails. Thanks Iyabo.

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